Imaging of surface acoustic waves

Autor: H.-J. Kutschera, M. Streibl, Florian W. Beil, C. Bodefeld, Achim Wixforth
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: 2001 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings. An International Symposium (Cat. No.01CH37263).
DOI: 10.1109/ultsym.2001.991596
Popis: A new method to optically examine surface acoustic wave (SAW) propagation on a semiconductor chip is presented. This visualization method is based on the influence of a SAW on the optical properties of a piezoelectric semiconductor. There are two interaction mechanisms between the SAW and photo generated carriers that allow one to correlate the photoluminescence (PL) to the power of the SAW: First exciton dissociation leads to a reduction of the PL and second trapped charge carriers can be released leading to an enhancement of the PL. In the experiment we use a gated and intensified CCD camera to directly record light coming from the sample. With our setup we are able to display the temporal and spatial distribution of SAW fields with a resolution of 300 ps and 1 /spl mu/m respectively.
Databáze: OpenAIRE